County officials say Solon alert related to shooting

11:18 PM,
Oct. 23, 2012

Written by

Adam B Sullivan
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

School officials in Solon are mum about what led to a lockdown at Lakeview Elementary School a week ago, but county officials say it had something to do with a man who was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies in Van Buren County.

On Oct. 16, Solon administrators put Lakeview on "heightened alert" and kept students inside throughout the afternoon. Administrators said the move was based on information from the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, but that there was "no imminent danger."

Earlier that day in Van Buren County - about 90 miles south of Iowa City - law enforcement authorities responded ...